Environmental cooperation and peace: insights and opportunities for EU peace mediation

Session Description: Participants from across the globe will draw on concrete examples from their peace mediation and climate work, and exchange ideas on entry points, good practices as well as gaps, dilemmas, and challenges to foster partnership among relevant actors. We will look particularly at the

partnerships with other regional organisations (IGAD/AU) and with the UN.

Moderator: Christian Altpeter, Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)

and  Amelie Overmann, Project Head, Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

Panellists:

• Dr. Annette Weber, EUSR Horn of Africa / team member 

• Hanna Tetteh, UN Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa

• Tahir Aziz, Senior Advisor, South Asia, Conciliation Resources (CR)

• Dr. Elizabeth Carabine, Climate Security Advisor, Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Horn of Africa

• Sebastian Kratzer, Thematic Lead – Environment, Climate and Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (“hd)

• David Korpela, Chef de Cabinet, European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa

• Katariina Leinonen, Head of Division, Peace, Partnerships and Crisis Management, Integrated Approach for Peace and Security (MD-PSD.PCM.1) EEAS

• Dr. Sunday Okello, Conflict Analyst, Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)